Eugene Robinson | The out-of-step Republican Party

4:19 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

Eugene Robinson

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Eugene Robinson
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WASHINGTON - The Republican Party was supposed to be getting its act together for the midterm election. Instead, judging from the disarray on immigration reform, things may be getting even messier.

I'm referring to House Speaker John Boehner's embarrassing climb-down. After vowing for months that the House would finally take action on immigration, last week he surrendered. The bitterly divided Republican majority cannot agree on how to proceed. Apparently, this is supposed to be President Obama's fault.